Culture

A few days before the presentation of Médiamétrie’s cross-media committee, which will notably integrate Netflix and YouTube, three experts publish a comprehensive work on audience measurement, studying its…

Consolidation, a focus on streaming, new alliances – that’s the agenda for the media industry in 2025, driven by Donald Trump and plenty of available cash. 2025 is…

Open AI has requested centralization of the eight copyright infringement lawsuits against it in the USA, giving ElectronLibre the opportunity to take stock of these complaints filed by…

In a report published yesterday, France Digitale proposes forcing authors to accept the training of generative AIs with their works, in return for a flat fee. Sacem responds…

The French Treasury has just published a depressing but realistic note on the ability of France, and more broadly Europe, to carve out a place for itself in…

In recent days, strong tensions have emerged between the Elysée on the one hand, and the Ministry of Culture and the creative sector on the other. At issue…

The authors of the report submitted today to the CSPLA recommend that for the AI Act’s transparency obligation to have a useful effect, the sufficiently detailed summary mentioned…

Poland will succeed Hungary as president of the EU Council, and intends to use the opportunity to show that it is a role model when it comes to…

A warning shot for the audiovisual industry, Canal+ announces the withdrawal of its pay-TV channels from DTT. With just a few months to go before its London listing,…

A prospective study commissioned by CISAC and carried out by PMP Strategy assesses the loss of income for creators linked to the emergence of generative AI tools. PMP…

The trading volume of NFTs is clearly on the rise as the year draws to a close. The attraction of these tokens goes hand in hand with a…

GEMA is the first authors’ society in the world to take legal action against a generative AI developer, and is taking on the biggest of them all right…

Laurence Farreng, at the Camille Awards, on the AI Act: « It’s a victory, but it won’t be enough ». At the Camille Awards ceremony in Paris, European…

The race is on. Who will be appointed president of France Télévisions next spring? All the signs point to Delphine Ernotte being re-elected for a third successive term.…

UMG sues Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for infringement. The major is claiming more than $500 million from its rival. What’s more, UMG is directly attacking Believe at…

The Commissioner-designate for Culture and Education added only meagre details to his mission statement, leaving observers wanting more. From his speech, we can only draw a few indications…

In just a few years, AI has taken center stage in film restoration. Cheaper, faster, Ia accumulates advantages, and it also opens up this aging heritage to renewed…

Glenn Micallef, Commissioner-designate for Culture, Education and Sport, will be heard by the European Parliament on Monday November 4. Among his priorities is the establishment, with future Vice-President…

The three giants of the music industry, Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group, are very active on the AI front. The majors are…

CISAC welcomes the growth in royalties from the digital exploitation of works and the improved health of live performance, but believes that swift action is needed to protect…

Writers, actors, singers, music and film authors have united to say « niet » to training generative AIs with unlicensed copyrighted works. The declaration is as short as…

The documentary authors are appealing to parliamentarians for help, asking them to vote, as quickly as possible, for a renewal of public broadcasting funding through VAT, to avoid…

At the dawn of a new European mandate, songwriters are calling on the institutions to deliver on their commitments to music creators. The European Composer and Songwriter Alliance…

The European Commission has just begun the process of applying the AI Act to generative AI, involving nearly a thousand stakeholders. Many of them are complaining, whether about…

French collective management society Adami yesterday published a survey of several hundred of its members, on their opinion about the emergence of artificial intelligence. Like all collective management…

Arcom highlights in its report on artificial intelligence how it will profoundly transform creation and information, notably with the rise of generative AI, while raising ethical and legal…

It’s done! After years of negotiations, ADAGP and Meta announced today that they have reached an agreement on the remuneration of visual artists whose works are distributed on…

Following TikTok’s decision to boycott Merlin, the independents’ representative, as part of new licensing negotiations, Impala calls on the platform to reason, and UPFI urges public authorities to…

The Prime Minister barely scratched the surface of culture in his speech to MPs, even though many issues are at stake for public broadcasting, cinema, copyright, etc.. Michel…

The Motion Picture Association confirms its technological turn. After Netflix, Amazon Prime and Amazon-owned MGM Studios are joining the very powerful Hollywood representative, whose influence is inescapable in…